CIM Records

Lyrics

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

As the new moon kissed the city
While it slept within its pain
The sound of a far-off gunshot
Echoed through the drone of a midnight rain
I got up to check on our children
We did not bear them to know such fear
Nor the sorrow of a father whose wife
His country made disappear

In the middle of the night
They took my lover
In the middle of the night
Stole her from my side
In the middle of the night
With their guns and their anger they took her away
As our children cried...

She grew strong in the eyes of her father
Whose only dream was to put her through school
A teacher of science, her dream for a son with me
Had just come true
In her heart she loved her country
But in her voice you could feel her rage
And when the soldiers came
They beat her as they dragged her away

In the middle of the night
They took my lover
In the middle of the night
Stole her from my side
In the middle of the night
With their guns and their anger they took her away
As our children cried...

How do you teach a child justice when so many die in its name
A rifle, a bomb, a machete; when you look at death, it all looks the same
Still, they chase us through these ruins and they bomb us from their planes
There’s no care about our people or our land unless there’s something still to gain

In the middle of the night
They took my lover
In the middle of the night
Stole her from my side
In the middle of the night
With their guns and their anger they took her away

In the middle of the night
They took my lover
In the middle of the night
Stole her from my side
In the middle of the night
With their guns and their anger they took her away
As our children cried...

© 2026 Christopher Iverson Music/BMI
words & music: Christopher Iverson